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Smyrna times., 1887-01-19
No Back Pay.

The following letter has been written
by Adjutant General Drum in reference
to the effort to get back pay for 9th and
9th Delaware regiments:
WAR DEPARTMENT,
ADJUTANT GENERALS OFFICE.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 6, 1887.
The Hon. c. B. Lore, House of Represen-
tatiUes, Washington, D. C.
SIR: Referring to your reference to
the letter of Mr.. George w. Roberts, of
Wilmington, Delaware, in which it is
stated a party named Hayward, a
claim agent had been for some weeks
collecting the discharge certificates of
late members of the Fifth and Sixth
Regiments, Delaware Volunteers, re-
presenting that he had rulings or Opin-
ions from the Second Auditors Office,
making these certificates valuable in
claiming back pay for the members of
the regiments named, l have the honor
to inform you that, as shown by the
records of this Office, the regiments re-
ferred to, although mustered in for
special duty within the State of Della
ware, in October and November 1862,
were out for actual service until the
emergency of 1868. In view of that
necessity, the organization referred to
were called into actual service by COM
panies from June 10, 1868, to July l,
1868, for service in guarding prisoners
at Fort Delaware and the line of the
Philadelphia, Wilmington and Balti-
more railroad, and were mustured out
at various dates between August and
5, 1868.
1t was decided, August Z, 1868, that
the members of these regiments should
be paid for the time actually on duty,
and therefore the members of the Fifth
and Sixth Delaware Volunteers were
for the period they rendered
actual service, and have been paid in
full from the dates and respective COM
mands were called into active service
until mustered out.
I am, sir, very respectfully, your
1bedient servant. R. c. DRUM,
Adjutant General.
Notwithstanding the above letter the
says the MiddletOwn Tran.
cript, are not discouraged, but expect
o obtain their back pay by special act
# congress.
Smyrna times., 1887-01-19
Legalizing Primaries.

Through our Legislative reporter we
have received a draft of the bill Senator
McWhOrter has introduced into the
senate to legalize and control primary
elections of all organized political par
ties' The bill is very stringent in its
provisions, and as we have already said
would work a better reform if applied
to the general elections. The bill is
ridiculously lengthy. Itseems remark
ably strange that lawyers and clerks en-
trusted with formulating bills do not
learn the art of brevity. The bill pro-
Vldes for the appointment of a presi.
dent and two judges in each district
where elections are held. Three
judges are qualified by oath to perform
their duty faithfully and impartiallv.
and they are to give information to the
Attorney-General of any violations of
the law that occurs at their polls. The
judges are empowered to administer
Oaths and clerks are to be sworn. The
violation of an oath is made a misde-
meanor, for which there is a fine of
$500, one-half to go to the State and
the other half to the informer.
This section defeats itself. for no
jury in Delaware would convict upon
the evidence of an informer with a
bribe of 800 held out to him. The
ballot boxes are strictly guarded, and
only those who are legally qualified to
vote at the general election can vote at
a primary. A challenged voter is re-
qulred to take an oath that he is quail
lhed to vote at the election following.
and If he swears falsely he is punish
able with fine of 5000, imprisonment
one year and is disfranchised. Here. as
before. the informer is to get one-half
the fine. Bribery or attempt to bribe is
made punishable by fine of $500. and !
dlstranchisement for FIVE years. The
wiltul reception of improper votes and
wilful rejection of proper votes is pun
ishable by fine of 500, and may be
indicted for perjury. A fine of 500 |
and five years disqualification for any
Office in the State is provided for an
election judge guilty of falsifying or at
tempting to falsify returns.
The counting of the votes is to be
done publicly before such electors as
may seem proper to be present. There
are some good points in the law and
some others that will only defeat its
operations. 1t will not become a law
in its present shape, and indeed any
law of this kind will fail of its purpose
as long as the statute laws of the State
passed in 1873 recognizes and encour-
ages fraud at the general election.
Election reforms must commence at
the root of the great tree of fraud, and
not at the little end of the top branches.
= Wilmington Republican.
Smyrna times., 1887-01-19
The State Treasurership and the
Printing,

The State Treasurership has mar
rowed down TO Nowland versus Her
bert, the Bigks field having thrown all
others over and concentrated on Her
bert. Each faction is straining everv
point on this contest, as it is accepted
that the results will prove who has the
Joint Assembly, WOlcott or the Sauls-
burys. A strenuous effort was made bv
the salisbury faction to stave off ad-
journment from Tuesday to Saturday
and get the Sussex delegation to caucus
at night on both Treasurer and Audi
tor, and it was generally understood
that the members would not adjourn.
But the WolcOttites went quietly to
work and they succeeded in getting an
adjournment. 1t is plain though that
had Sussex caucus been held it would
not have been successful in its object or
binding, as the WOlcott members will
not consent to it. One thing is certain,
the result of the organization and the
the committee slate has not been to
smooth matters between the rival fac
tions, but on the contrary it has put
the respective adherents on their met
tie, and the lines are more sharply
drawn than ever. County lines have
been Obliterated, as is plainly evidenced
by the failure of the Biggs-Saulsbury
effort to make the Sussex men a unit
on Herbert, and men count noses now,
not by counties, but by factions. An
other thing the committee list has done |
is to mark men," so that at least the !
WolcOttites know where their broken |
reeds " are. With this knowledge to
guide them the Anti-Saulsburys claim
NOwland's election sure. Their" solid"
force is put at six from New Castle,
five from Kent and five from Sussex
sixteen. This line, it is held, cannot be
broken by Biggs or any other kind of
bait
1t is whispered that the members of
the Committee on Printing have already
locked horns. Rust and Jones are rad
ical for salisbury, and Mr.. MulIigan is
just as radical the other way, but the
latter has the advantage of being chair
man. This is evidently one of the mis-
takes of the committee builders, as
Mulligan has just enough Celt in him
10 fight, and the DeldVdrean Office has
not seen any of that committees print
ng yet. Unless signs go for naught
his is not the only mistake that has
been made on the committee list
DOUer Correspondent of Morning NeaCs of
Friday.
Smyrna times., 1887-01-19
When a Man is Forty.

When a man is forty years old, and more,
And bachelor still remains,
Ifhe hasn't wife, though he gold in store.
What would you give for his gains?
What does he think Of himself?
And what does the world think too?
What would he get out Of life,
If he only got his due?
And I wonder whatever he's made of,
To resist SO many bright eyes?
And l wonder what he's afraid Of
That ever from beauty flies
For he's a coward, know,
Unworthy the sweetest life,
Or else his bosom would glow
To the thought of home and wife.
What do you think OF a man that lives
In beautiful house alone?
And What do you think of the house itself?
Won't it feel like the frigid zone?
Let him keep his selfish state,
For he hasn't a care above.
And why should girl mate
With a man that cannot love?
If he says he's afraid to seek such bliss
As wife in his home to share,
You need not believe it. The truth is this:
He has never wanted one there
He's in love with himself no doubt:
To all other mOralS blind;
And man like that is out and out
The poorest of all his kind.
Or, its likely enough he'll say.
THE woman he loved, he lostl"
And talk in a sad sentimental way
Ofthe paths of true love cross'd;
OF a tender memory,
To which he is always true
II is nonsense all His constancy
To himselfis ever due.
So, wish that my little song may ring
At the door Of some selfish life,
And would it not be a wonderful thing
If it set it to seek a wife?
lfit brought the love and bliss
To dwell on his own hearthstone;
And prove that smile and kiss
Are better than living alo e!
Smyrna times., 1887-01-19
SMYRNA DEL WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON JANUARY 1887

write am quite surrounded by bou-
quets as big as prize cabbages, contain
ing many rare flowers, all culled to-day
and yesterday in the open air.
Hoping the North wind is using Won
gently (the memory of how it used to
shake my spinal column haunts me
still4 l will clOse.-lEddIetOlon Trans
cript.
Smyrna times., 1887-01-19

The publisher of the Beaver Falls,
Pa, Courier, John +. Porter, some time
ago contracted a severe cold. He says /:
" l tried half dozen remedies inef-
fectually and upon recommendation of
a physician | gave DIR. Bulls Cough
Syrup fair, square trial. 1t relieved
me Immediately and cured my cold and
catarrh entirely. 1t is q remedy that
should be used in every household"
Smyrna times., 1887-01-19

Discount day at a country town
National Bank presents very many
amusing spectacles 1t is day of
judgment to many a poor fellow, and
if his paper fails to pass discount, he's
about as bad off as a sinner in pro.
tracted meeting.-Newark Ledger.
Smyrna times., 1887-01-19

A bottle of Red Star Cough Cure made
a thorough and permanent cure of
cold so severe that could not talk,
says ]. p. Roach, assistant superinten-
dent New York Central Sleeping Car
CnmnanY.
Smyrna times., 1887-01-19

For there was never yet q Phil
osopher, that could endure the tooth
ache patiently" Perhaps nOt-but
there's little wit in enduring it at all,
when one bottle of Salvation Oil will
cure IL.
Smyrna times., 1887-01-19

ARAHN can live at home, and make more
VI" money at work for as, than az apv.
HI" thing else In the world. Capital not
W. needed you are started free BOth
sexes; all ages. Any one can do the work. Large
earning sure from first start. Costly outfit ana
terms free. Better not deiay. Costs you moth
ing 20 send us your address and find out; n Won
are wise you will do so at once. II, HALLEfT &
Co., Portland, Maine. jan 12-iy
Smyrna times., 1887-01-19

Charles B. Farwell, Of Chicago, was
nominated Thursday by the joint Re-
publican caucus to succeed John A.
Logan in the q. S. Senate.
Smyrna times., 1887-01-19

The Delaware. Legislature. contains a
Daisey. It is to be hoped the member
will be always attractive to his brother
members.
Smyrna times., 1887-01-19

Hon. NJ. A. Foran, Of Ohio, member
of House of Representatives, writes
that st. Jacobs Oil relieved him Of
acute bodily pains.
Smyrna times., 1887-01-19
TO ADVERTISERSl

Fora cheek for $50 We will print ten-line ad-
yertisement In One Million issues Of leading
American Newspapers. This is at the rate Of only
one hith Of a cent line, for 1000 Circulation
The adyertlsement will be placed before One
Million different newspaper purchaser ;-or FIVE
MILLION READERS Ten lines VIII accommodate
about % words. Address with copy of Adv. and
check, or send 30 cents for Book Of l76 pages GEO.
P. RowELL q Co., 10 Spruce st., New York.
Smyrna times., 1887-01-19

IF you want a plate, pint, quart or
gallon of ice cream, go to Carr's.
Smyrna times., 1887-01-19

The Capital Shirt will be made to
oraer in any style, by leaving your
Ofder with w. B. Megear, Smyrna.
Smyrna times., 1887-01-19

All between the cradle and coffin is
Smyrna times., 1887-01-19
WA. FAIRIES & Bro,
Furnishing UldGPtakaTS,
AND DEALERS IN
HAIN STREET, irrusita Me- SmYrrs House.
Furniture of all kinds.

Parlor and Chamber Suits bureaus Bedsteads
Chairs, Lounges, Tables Stands Mattresses Spring
BEDS and every thing in the Furniture Line guar.
anteed at or less than City prices for the same
quality of goods ian , NJ
Smyrna times., 1887-01-19

There can be no better Shirt than
the "Que," sold by ]. b. Cooper only.
Smyrna times., 1887-01-19
For Sale at a Bargain !

,,Two-story-- 8-roomed-Frame Dwelling,
ali modern Improvement, on West Com
neree Street Apply to
j. H. PRIMROSE & Co,
nov z4-tf Real Estate Brokers, Smyrna
Smyrna times., 1887-01-19

The following letter has been written
by Adjutant General Drum in reference
to the effort to get back pay for 9th and
9th Delaware regiments.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-07-27
Rocker.

James Taylor has left for Washington
Territory to locate aranch.-EugeneiYoun
arrived recently from Murray, Idaho
Mrs. W. H. Hornbeck, the pleasant lady
who has charge of the new p%ostofice, is
quite sick.-On Tuesday night two OF our
boarding houses were bulgarized. Aroom
was entered at Daniels and trunk was
''lifted'' and conveyed to the railroad where
it was broken cpen and contents scattered.
The trunk belonged to a new arrival who
does not think he has received a warm re-
ception for a strange. They went through
four rooms at the Blue Bird restaurant
and secured $3.50. They threw away a
pocketbook containing q $50 note after
taking a few dollars from it.-David Cutler
and Miss Eva Orr, who were united in
marriage Wednesday in Butte, are
stopping with Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac Carve
Geo. Harris is just recovering from an at
tack of mumps.-It is useless for Reddy,
the Walkerville express driver, to continue
his inquiries concerning the young lady
who captured his horse. She was married
during the Week.-Mrs. Mary Carver, OF
Silver Bow, visited Rocker friends yester-
day.-Mrs. LeGraffe is taking lessons IN
portrait painting from Albertus, OF Butte.
She is making rapid progress in the work.
Gardening is carried on very extensively
and successfully near Rocker.-Mr. Blacks
horse broke his new carriage the first even
ing he bought it. He did not even
take his particular friend out riding.
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Written for the sunnAY Mrx1n-
EP1TAPa ON A GREAT NAN.

a.ENIHu #-HEA #WtE %&HrE aHE #&
Pause, stranger! on this grave let hIl at least
one tear,
The hummer Of the town we've made . place for
fthou hast for the great respect that is their
Make thy obeGiance here, now is the time fo1
you!
Az hopes he never had they could NOT be de-
terred.
A no one truAted him he always kept his word;
he never earned his salt md yet quite we'll he
fared,
Beyond the moments need he never thought Of
cared;
Iney say he never ate, ct least when others TED,
And as he bummed all night he never used .
bed;
No enemies had he, nor had he any friends:
What wealth he earned he saved and always
gained his ends;
Nor wife or child had he. ambition. hope or
Sigh;
death loves . shining mark" What filter man
could die?
MATT W. ALDERsoN.
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South Butte.

Mrs. F. F. Bartels returned Wednesday
evening from a two months visit to friends
in NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Williams, an m
ploye of the Miners LumberC Company. has
moved his family here from Ogden, Utah.
They will make South Butte their future
bome,-Antoine Marceau, who is spending
the summer at his placer claims on Moose
creek. made South Butte a flying visit yes
terday, and reports the placers in q -FOUR
;shine condition.-Mrs. c. A. Peavy de-
narted Thursday evening for a short visit
in Ogden and Salt Lake City.-Fred Z.
Dahmann, lately with H. A. D'Acheul'
took Friday mornings train Tor Helena,
where he will spend q day and then depart
for St. Paul, Minnesota.-D. ). Char'es'
Dave Murphy, Shell Thompson and W. !;
Shirley have gone in search OF much-needed
recreation. Missoula is their destination,
and thew intend to spend the time fishing.
After their departure il wal tnat
some fishing tackle and rods were forgot
ton Int they won't be missed. as iour large
s;.ed demiiohns vent out on the same
tain. consigned to the same place, and 1t
ia safe to predict that snakes will
he more numerous than hsh.
W. T. Shirley will have charee
| OF the commissaries, and VIII a!so rm
| down prasshoppers for bait, Tor u 10 q wen
known fact that when w. T. gets his a on
a %grasshopper it is his grasshopper. we
hone to see them return we'll supplied. as
their friends are all anticipating q Try,
although the dealers over there have beer
notified to raise the price OF fish.|Dr:
Harding now makes bis rounds in one OF
the handsomest phaetons in the city
Cornelius Klaus, for some time conductor
IN the Montana Union, LETT last evening
for the West. His destination is Ca!lfornia'
Con has a host of friends IN South butte
who wish him godspeed and success
wherever he may locate.-A. Cutting, rom
evanston, Wyoming, is spending q lew
davs in South Butte, the guest OF ms
brother, an engineer on the Montana a
. Union.-Joe Schafer, OF MISSOURI, maoe .
flvine. trip to Butte y~esterday.-
Pete Desrosier spent a. Few Gays
at the CRYSTAL Springs this week.
Gervais Thibodeau will give another OF Dis
soc;aI dances on Saturday e~vening.--Geo'
Casey met with q mishap on our streets;
IN Thursday morning his horse stumbled
and fell. almost falling on him. As it wae
he only received q severe shaking up. :.
From a man by the name OF Guyotte, IL Il
Learned a severe wind and thunder STORM
nessed over the neighborhood OF b!acKIal
Hesterday afternoon. Lightning etrucK .
3 Zoe boulder, shattering it, and the WHIT
no we'd havoc with fences, trees, sheds. rick
/ IF wood, etc. As far as learned NOBODY
1 was hurt.
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improvements Promised.

n r Annett, General Manager OF one
Rocky Mountain Telephone COMPANY -
in town again having returned from boze'
man Yesterday. He intends putting things
in the telephone way in A 1 order before
he quits, as he considers Butte 'ne MAN tha
ater;al for many improvements IN tne
s ser wa ;ntends stringing a large copper wire
pntween here and Deer Lodge. In reference
t tee the local arrangements he says the I'M
urovements in process will soon De com,
ppleted and after that things Will n run n mJ a.
more smoothly in the future; Me Fl NJ
fiattering compliment TO sne a aer' and pre.
G g:d.sd ssn sas new Satisfaction iss%' With the tels-
nhone under his charge.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-07-27
A Chinese Laundry Rumpus'

Yesterday evening about dusk oeo ns'
uIessar vent to the Chinese laundry be.
nv the Comique to get his ~ashiOe' AND
row ~ the,e cot into a dispute with one OF
W. Ch;nomen. and struck him. The 'aun'
tne Nnn went to an officer and got Hona
y'"astod. While he was being taken 20
the city Jail a friend q c o. n wb oA took him also
terfered with the be-. 4f as they w1U were rem nearingt the
into CUSTODY yhs su' broke and an back to:
jail one Min Of t street into the arms s Of Chief bic
M Mel Sss ibr s1 u i back to tns '9 %ssy : .ii'
locked up bp,fore Judge Hamilton to-day
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-07-27
T TO CO-OWNER.

To Edward weinrich, OF his assigns:
You are hereby notified that l, Patrick Ducy.
your co-oWner, have in accordance with
section 1924 Of the revised statutes of the
United States, expended for labo- and improve
ments upon the Blue Bird Quartz Lode mining
claim, situated in Homestake mining district,
JEFFERSON County, Montana, for the year end:
ing December 81. 1886. the sum of one hundred
dollars, and you are hereby further notified that
unless you contribute or cause to be contributed
your proportion of such expenditure, together
with interest aid costs, within ninety days after
the date of this notice,al your right, title, inter;
est and claim in and to the above described
quartz lode mining claim will become the prop
erty of the undersigned. your co,o"ner, VINO mas
performed the work and made the required ex-
penditure thereon. DUCI'
Butte Mont, April 9, 1887.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-07-27
Omen for Service.

At Gas yesterday evening the circuit OF
the Rocky Mountain Telegraph Company
vas closed between here and Helena, ana
all breaks repaired. Communication a
now he had by this line between all points
east, north and vest. It was ioond 'na'on
lat tuesday at the Hump, about twelve
m;lsa vest of here, the lightning nao
demolished nine poles, skipped three miies
and demolished nine more and DroHe 1ne
wire in one place. K u. Ecker, '9e ase -
m;,ion yesterday by the 8 o'clock train
.siied there by HIS wife's sickness, leaving
Oscar Phillips in charge until his return
to-day.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-07-27
The Electric Light.

,...ors of the electric light p'an'
The new ~, 's't soReu possession. They have
have has mo o d. day in which to file their r. G 10 t.
II .as thst Mr.. Roos, the electrician a;S "nd lei
s sntd in charge Of the e, T :6s Contract ssa they ":
dertook upon the sa"0
tions.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-07-27
Notice for Final Proof.
LAND OFFICE AT HELENA, Mont,

April %, 1887.
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice of his intention to
make final proof in support of his claim. and
that said rroof will be made before Probate
Judge, Silver Bow County, NJ. T.. at Butte,
Mont, on Jane 4, 1887, VIZ: Maurice W. Copp,
who made preemption D. S. No. $685. for the NE
Il SEX. E a NE a. NV Il, NE Il section 10, 7.
l SOUTH, r. W.
He names the following witnesses to prove his
continuous residence upon, and cultivation OF
said land, viz: Vim. Forrest, Henry A.. Partridge,
Louis G. Wunderlich, George Jackson. all of Di-
vide P O, s, W. LANGHoRNE. Register.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-07-27
SUBURBAN NEWS.


ouTI0XOOus
THE MINES IN THIS VICINITY.
The outlook in several of the important
mines is discouraging at present. A low
grade of ore has been reached and it has
necessitated the discharging of a number Of
men. Prospectors are at work and hopes
are entertained that a new vein may be
discovered. It has ever been so in the his
tory OF the camp. There have been dark
days. only to be frightened by some more
important discovery. TheMoody & Sank
ey is a very valuable mine, and if it we're
opened up it would be OF great benefit to
the community. 1t is owned by Oar &
Turner, who have been offered $50, 900 for
q lease on it, but have refused the offer.
The prospect continues encouraging at the
Blue Bird. More ore has been milled dur
ing the past month than any previous
month on record. The new machinery at
the mill works successfully. The shaft for
the new water supply is down forty feet
and drifting has extended 40 feet and
still continues, as the supply is not yet
sufficient to operate succ. ssfully. The new
wire transmission is expected to be in oper-
alton by the 9Th Of August.
GENERAL NOTES.
Another express has been added, making
three in all.-Mr. Myers left yesterday for
Cable, where he wi. locate.-The Frame
work of the new school house has been
raised, and the siding is progressing rap
idly.-The school continues interesting.
There are now over forty pupils in attend.
ance. Mr.. Paxon's method OF teaching is
up with the times, he having received u
thorough course OF instruction in one OF
the best normal schools of CALIFORNIA;
The Sunday school recently organized is
very we'll attended.-Dr. McNulty and wife
recently arrived in Burlington. and expects
to make it his future home.-Perry Silvey,
tonsorial artist, this week bought the shop
of Chas. Hoffman. Hoffman left yester.
day for Georgetown, to engage in
prospecting. - Our butcher is re-
ported as being among the
successful candidates for matrimony.-
Mr.. H. Livingston is the only dealer in
dry goods in the two rival camps.--Mr.
James Hoffman, leaves to-day for Corn
wall. England.-Mr. Robt. e. Booraem,
General Manager of the Blue Bird, leaves
tomorrow for New Jersey and other East
ern points, where he will spend several
weeks in rest and recreation.-Mr. and Mrs.
Van Zandt returned Sundayfrom their pro-
tracted visit in France and England.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-07-27

TAKEN UP.-Came to my place in Elk Park.
Jefferson County, on or about April 80, lss1
a dark brown horse with white face, three wn1te
feet, with saddle mArAes and branded monogIam
IA. p. on LETT Shoulder. The owner will please
prove property pay charges and take the ANNA
away. Emanuel Brook.